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RoseTrellis

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2. Operation Just Cause

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 07:45 PM

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The precedent for this was set back 36 years ago to the exact day when the US invaded Panama and captured Manuel Noriega.
He stood trial in New York and spent 17 years a US prison, then sent to France where he was sentenced to another 7 years. After that, he was sentenced back to Panama to serve time there, where he eventually died.

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So what was just done in Venezuela sets a precedent and [View all] moniss Saturday OP

This was NOT a military operation but a FBI arrest operation being protected by the military LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #1

A rose by any other name. There was no need for all of the bombing strikes moniss Saturday #3

Operation Just Cause RoseTrellis Saturday #2

We never should have gotten away with it at that time. moniss Saturday #4